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3rd Annual St. Patricks Extravaganza

2007-04-06T16:52:00.000-04:00

These are of Tina & I in Key West for St. Patricks Week. The first one is of us on the stage while a band was playing at Sloppy Joe's and the other is during the Duval Crawl with a rare sighting of St. Patrick himself. We had a blast and you are jealous!! :)

Time Space Contium

2006-10-05T13:05:00.000-04:00

Last Saturday Starr, Tina & I took a road trip to Nashville, TN to go David Steele's annual bmx/music extravaganza and it only took us a little over 4 hours to get there. This included stoping to pick up Starr in Louisville and stoping to eat and stoping to use the ladiesroom. I was under the impression that it was going to take longer to get there, but aprox. 4 hours later there I stood, in the DS's drive way. I would have thought that aliens had abducted us in Edenburg and then dropped us off in Nashville, but it was just as short on the way home. So, my only explaination is that there is a tear in the time space contium.....ok, I am a dork, I have been watching too much scifi channel!
During our trip we went thru the drive-up at Arby's thinking it was going to be fast. Wrong! We got our food, but had to wait for them to find straws, then waited for them to find napkins, the realized that the order was wrong, so they had to remake 2 sandwiches. I was able to eat everything that I ordered while we were still in line at the drive-thur. Needless to say the drive-thru girl didn't think we were cool with all of our demands. How absurd that we would want our order correct etc...
The next ordeal was stopping to get a water in TN and to use the potty. We stopped at one gas station and stormed into it like the circus. We made our purchases and the line was about 8 people deep waiting to use the lavatory (why were the so many people trying to use this bathroom you ask, I dont know, maybe they were giving away free iq tests or something) so we jetted to McD's (the busiest McDonald's I have ever seen, it was standing room only in side) and pulled into the parking lot in our giant SUV and the driver parked too close to the car next to us so we had to climb out the other side, but thought we would be quick enough that it would not bother anyone else....Wrong! We can back out and the poor people next to us were sitting in their car eating, becuase they could not back out, because not only were we parked to close to there car, but the back end of our giant SUV was behind thier bumper. It sound impossible, but I saw it.
Our last ordeal on the drive down was the small fire in Tina's hair.....There are 2 stories floating around on how it happened, but I can not confirm nor deny either of them. So make up your own story on how it happened :)
The trip was a blast, we got to see all the boys ride the ramp & play music. I am sure I will go again next year!

Kitten Smuggler

2006-09-20T10:25:00.000-04:00

Is the guy in the back ground hidding a kitten in his pants ?
That is just wrong, but I can't look away!

Schedule

2006-08-18T10:20:00.000-04:00

This is my current schedule of activities thru October

August 20 -Colts Game -RCA Dome
August 22 -Indians Game -Victory Field
August 31 -Ben Harper -White River Park
September 2 -Tina's Birthday Party -The Nitschke's
September 8 -Cheryl Crow&John Mayer -Deer Creek
September 30 -Roger Waters -Deer Creek
October 13 -The Fray -Murat Theater
October 14 -Yeah Yeah Yeah's -Tabernacle-Atlanta GA
October 20-29 -Fantasy Fest -Key West, FL

Gremlins

2006-08-18T10:18:00.000-04:00

I have been trying to post pictures on this stupid thing for a week now. I have tons of new ones, but do not know what the problem is. Hopefully the problem will be resolved soon.

Talk Derby to Me

2006-08-18T10:13:00.000-04:00

"Talk Derby to Me" was the Theme for the Kentucky Derby this year. I guess I didn't ever realize that they had a new theme each year. And I can't say that I think this one was all that great, but I have a souvenir glass that has that saying on it.
We started the weekend off on Friday by going to a party of a friend of a friend. They had Mai Tais and food. So it was a good time. We left there around 2 and walked to a near by Jazz Bar. We had our own couch, so that was a good time too. The bars didn't close until 6 am, but I am old, so I couldn't stay out that late.
Saturday we got up around 9 to start taking showers and were on our way to our first stop of the day by 11, which isn't bad considering there were 9 people to try and corral. We went back to the same party we were at the night before to say hi and get a pre-derby drink. Our next stop was friend of a friend's house. This is our secret free parking spot for the day. So, we have a bloddy mary and we are finally walking on your way to the Debry by 12.
The line to get in wasn't bad. There were about 20 cadets from a local military school as the "friskers". I don't know if it was because they were young or that they were told to do it this way, but they were really thurough. Let's just say that was the most action I've gotten in awhile :)
To sum up the entire day at the track: Sunny, Hot, Crowded, Lots of Laughs, Dirty Port-o-Pots, warm beers and lots of fun!
We left the track about an hour after the main derby race and it was the worst 'people jam' I have ever seen. There was only 1 way out whic was thru a dark creppy dusty tunnel. It took us about 30 minutes to walk 100 yards. It was crazy! We walked back to get our cars and stayed for what I thought was too long and then went back to where we were staying and then partied until the wee hours of the morning.
Sunday got up about 9 and we drove back to Indy. It was a very quite drive home, I am pretty sure that everyone was warn out from the parting.
I am glad everyone went with us. Overall, I had a great time. I just think that next time I might have to dial it back a notch. I am getting to old to party like it is 1999.

Thanks Heather and Jason for letting us stay at your house. You guys were awesome hosts! We owe you a good time for the 500 this year!

St.Patrick's Day 2006

2006-08-03T15:12:00.000-04:00

I know I am a bad blogger.
I has been months since my last blog. I will say 10 hail marys and I hope all will be forgiven.

These are some old pictures that I should posted a long time ago.

These are from St. Patricks Weekend in Key West 2006. Friday everyone got to Key West and we started drinking about 12:00. We spent most of the day at Irish Kevin's.

The following day we headed out at 11:00 to start the Duval Crawl a.k.a. St. Patrick's Part II.

I look a litte crazed in this one.

Prom

2006-07-24T16:47:00.000-04:00

Cinnamon, Me, Tina & Heather......More to come

Thunder 2006

2006-04-24T12:59:00.000-04:00

This past weekend we made our annual trip to visit Starr for her birthday and it always coincides with Thunder over Louisville. We have been going since college. I knew that the fire works show was always amazing, but I did not know until recently that it is supposed to be the biggest fireworks display in the US. (I am not quoting any specific source for this info, becasue I just overheard some drunk people saying that is was the biggest) I guess what makes it so big is that Indiana and Kentucky have the exact same fireworks display at the same time. It is really amazing.
The pictures below don't do it justice, but it gives an idea of how huge the show is.

This picture shows both sides, Kentucky & Indiana, at the same time.

Overall, our 'girls' weekend was Great! The weather was great, the company was great and the fire works were great. (I sound like Tony the Tiger)

Anyway, I always appreciate the VIP suite at the 'Bats' (formally the 'RiverBats') games. So, thanks to Starr's StepDad, George, for always hooking us up. I tried to make sure that I ate at least 1 of everything at the concession stand. I did get to try a fried balogna sandwich, which is supposed to be awesome. I am glad I got to try it, but I don't think that I will be having one anytime soon.

Happy Birthday Starr. I can't wait until next year!

Back Home Again in Indiana

2006-03-07T12:09:00.000-05:00

Glad to be back home in Indiana! Cinnamon and I drove straight thru from FLA....16 Hours flat! Usually I can drive for about 3 hours before I am falling asleep at he wheel, but I was a driving machine this time. I drove for the first 300 miles then Cin drove the next 300 then I drove the next 400 and then my butt was asleep so I had Cinnamon drive the last 15 minutes home. It actually wasn't as bad of a drive as I thought it was going to be. I think it helped that I was excited about getting home. I am sure that I will change my tune after I have been back here for a couple of months :) Aslo, we had the Ipod so, time flys when I am singing my little heart out. We did have some excitement, we saw a huge meteroite around Edenburg. I haven't head any reports of alien sighting yet.

Yes, the weather was nice in Tampa, but I never really felt at home there. I think feeling "at home" makes up for the freezing rain, sleet and snow that I have to endure during the winter months in Indiana. I definately missed my family, friends, animals and my house. I have a better appreciation for everthing now.
However, it is nice to know that I have friends in Florida that I can go and visit when I need a vacation.

Hammer Don't Hurt Em

2006-02-27T09:42:00.000-05:00

www.mchammer.blogspot.com

Pre-Going Away Party

2006-02-27T09:19:00.000-05:00

Pre-Going away pics at Jackson's. The highlight of the evening were the Break Dancers at the bar. Prior to the Bars we ate dinner at Tina's Tappas in Channelside. I love having a miny buffet at the table.

Topic of the Week.....Birds

2006-02-23T09:47:00.000-05:00

1.) I was always told not to touch bird feathers because I might get lice.

2.) The Hitchcock movie Birds was scary.

3.) It is supposed to be good luck if you get pooped on by a bird.

4.) I generally find birds to be gross.

5.) Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck

were in a band called the Yard Birds.

2006-02-14T15:41:00.000-05:00

This week I am celebrating the Gecko

Fun facts about the Gecko.....

And the winner is....

2006-02-09T08:44:00.000-05:00

I watched part of the Grammy's last night and here are my comments...
Best thing of the night was Sir Paul playing Helter Skelter. It was awesome!
Second place was U2 and Mary J. She was really gettin' in to it.
Fergie from the BEP has had some work done, and it wasnt good. I can't figue out what it was, but maybe lip injections. Whatever it was, she looks scarey.
And the worst hair of the evening goes to Tom Hanks. It looked like a helmet. I really hope that it was for a movie or something and not because he thought it looked good.

Pitiful Fools

2006-02-08T14:38:00.000-05:00

Mr. T is no Chuck Norris, but he still pretty cool.
Here are some fun facts about Mr. T

Mr. T does not actually pity fools. He is just being sarcastic. No one has noticed because it is difficult to pick up such subtleties while being bludgeoned.

Mr. T’s cereal is made of yellowcake & uranium. Mr. T eats a box every morning to ensure that his nuclear arms are always ready.

Any time any one other than Mr. T says the words "pity" and "fool" in conjunction, Mr. T goes back in time and sucker punches Harry S. Truman.

Before there was Mr. T there was no reason to pity the fool.

The only reason extraterrestrials don't invade the planet Earth is that there is a barrier around the Earth's atmosphere filled with the pity of Mr. T. Without Mr. T's pity, the Earth would surely be destroyed

When not pitying fools, Mr. T enjoys water-skiing and reading up on Classic American Literature.

Gravity doesn’t exist. Mr. T just pities everything to stay the f*** down. Birds and planes are exempt because they are shaped like Ts.

Mr. T is the Force. Luke Skywalker is only a fictitious character and Yoda is loosely based on fool he once pitied.

What does Mr. T rhyme with? Everything.

The other members of the A-Team are actually played by Mr. T moving faster than the speed of light and changing costumes constantly.

Mr. T does not get headaches. That's it... that's the whole joke. He just doesn't get them.

Mr. T isn't actually a name, it's a title. Whoever is Mr. T has a preset quota of fools to pity. Once he reaches that quota, the last fool he pitied will become the new Mr. T.

Bigger than Communism

2006-02-08T14:09:00.000-05:00

I am taller than Vladimir Lenin, but Spike Lee and I are the same height. I wonder what that means.
Check and see who you are bigger than.
http://www.ringophone.com/TallOrNot.swf

The Kinks

2006-02-07T14:46:00.000-05:00

I have been informed that my blog has only been letting VIP's post comments.
I think I have fixed the problem.
So bring on the sex solicitors, stock tips and the hair club for men ads!

Working Girls

2006-02-07T14:30:00.000-05:00

Work People
Back Row: Amber, Me Chris
Front Row: Sherrise, Jen, Janet, Jasmine

Animal, Vegatable or Mineral

2006-02-06T15:14:00.000-05:00

In an attempt to seem like I am blogging more I am going to start honoring a new living thing every week.
I will post a picture I have taken and then list some dumb facts about that thing.
Feel free to post your likes and dislikes of each thing.

This week I am going to be celebrating the ROOSTER.

Roosters are good because they fertilize the chicken eggs.
Roosters have pretty colors.
Alice in Chains have a song called Rooster.
Roosters eat mosquito larva.
John Wayne made a movie in 1975 called Rooster Cogburn.
Roosters do not wait until sunrise to start crowing.
My favorite Rooster is Foghorn Leghorn.

Weekend

2006-02-06T11:00:00.000-05:00

I was house/dog sitting Wednesday-Sunday for a friend. It confirmed that I do NOT want a dog of my own. It is just too much work and they are dirty. I bet I washed my hand 60 times this weekend and had to mop the floor twice. I was constatnly worried about what the dog was doing. Was the dog digging a hole under the fense? Why is the dog barking? Does the dog want inside? Does the dog want outside? Does the dog want to play? Is it time for the dog meds? Is the dog hungry? Does the dog need walked? Is the dog board? I had to go home at lunch to let the dog in the house because it started downpouring. And I had to go right home after work to feed the dog. I felt like I couldn't relax!

Then Sunday was my jinx day or something....I dropped my new cell phone in a glass of water. You wouldnt think that would be possible, but it happened. Now it doesn't work at all. I took it apart and tried to let it dry overnight, but no luck. So I am going to play dumb and act like I dont know what is wrong with it and try and get a new one from Cingular. For some reason I bet the wont give me one and I will have to pay full price again for a new phone.....SUX!!!
Also, I hit the corner of my eye on the towel rack over the toilet. Just by looking you might think this was impossible, but not for me.
I also, spilt candel wax on the carpet, smashed my finger in the dresser drawer, ate moldy cheese and found out that I have unknowingly been eating 15 carb everytime I ate my sugar free puddings!

Gasparilla.......Arrggghh

2006-02-01T10:11:00.000-05:00

Preparty at 10:00 AM. on Davis Island (Amber, Me & Jen in photo)

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It is never to early to start bonging beers...I think the last time I did that was 1997 and I could still do it...see Mom I did learn something in college! (Claudio, Amber's bo, and Me in photo)

This is at the parade, we were tired of standing, so we deceided to park it on the street.

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This was my response to going to a bar on the way home to have more drinks....

I had never heard of Gasparilla until I moved to Tampa. I seems like a huge deal here and everyone takes it really seriously. For example last friday almost everyone at my job dressed up like a Pirate and they conducted business like that all day. Weird? Yes!

I am not sure of the history or how Gasparilla came about, but what I got from it was that everyone in town dresses up like a pirate and they sail huge ships into the bay and jump off of them and "storm Tampa", then there is a parade with lots of drinking before and after.

I my many years of attending different types of parades and festivels, I finally realized all they are is an excuse to drink in public on the street with out getting arrested. And that I don't really enjoy parades or getting beads throw at my face at 100mph or using port-o-pots in the steaming sun, but I attend them anyway, becasue everyone else seems to think they are fun. Now, dont get me wrong I had fun, but I am pretty sure it was beer and bloddy mary's that were keeping me entertained not the pirate inspired floats :)

LOST THEORY

2006-01-19T11:46:00.000-05:00

Ok, I finally joined the bandwaggon and starting watching LOST this season. I have seen bits of it here and there, but have never really commited to watching every show everyweek. I have seen the last two episodes and I admit it isn't that bad.
Someone might have already had this thought, but it is new to me......

I think that everyone on the island is already dead and the island is purgatory. It could even just be one specific person's purgatory (i.e. Dr. Jack). The only problem with my theory is if it is true the writers of the show wouldn't ever confirm it until probably the last episode. But if they ever do.....I will get to say "Hah, I knew it" :)

2006-01-11T14:19:00.000-05:00

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem,
NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion developing a pen
that writes in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.

The Russians used a pencil.

Taxes are due again--enjoy paying them.

Brain Ooze

2006-01-10T14:56:00.000-05:00

We were seaching personality test/match making sites today and several of them asked the question, "Describe your self in one word".
To me that just seems crazy to be able to narrow down your complex psyche into one word. But, I have been thinking about it and I think I have it narrowed down to 2 :)

If I had to pick two words to describe me they would be ambivalent and contradictory.

There are two side to everything and I can usually relate to both of them and will adapt with whichever "thing" is chosen. To me being ambivalent doesn't mean not having an opinion, but having an opinion about both sides. There are certian things that I can say for sure that I am against, but I can still be sympathetic with someone who would chose to be for the opposite. Maybe my ambivalence is the same thing as being lazy. That could be the case, but I guess I am fine with that label too.

I may totally agree with someone, but will take the opposite side just to try and convince them that there is a possibility that they could be wrong. Another reason that I don't like to speak in definites is that I change my mind and my opinions all of the time. I might love something today and be totally sick of it tomorrow.

But, I do have moments when my mantra is "I want what I want when I want it!"

Bobby Brown said it best when he said, "It's my prerogative"

New Years Eve

2006-01-10T11:45:00.000-05:00

This year wasn't the same since I was in Tampa. I have spend the last 8 or 9 year with my friend, Jennifer, on New Year's, so it was weird being somewhere else. I really missed all of my friends in Indiana! Here are some pictures to show everyone how miserable I was with out them :)

Me, Amber and Jen(new Jen, not the one I mentioned earlier) celebrating after Midnight..notice Amber's choak hold on me and the fact that we are starting to lean. The result of the prior picture. Not the first time I have fallen at a party and probably not the last. But this time it wasn't my fault.
Jen, Amber, Kaya(the dog) and me
Party GoersJen and I doing a cooler dance for the folks. Note the time is 1:15 not to bad of a balancing act that late in the evening. We didn't fall!

Halloween 2005

2006-01-09T17:12:00.000-05:00

Rachel (Egyptian)
Heather (sexy cat) and Back of Girls head (static cling)
Dustin (coach)
Adam (Jedi)

Halloween 2005 (contiuned)

2006-01-09T09:09:00.000-05:00

Starr (Cybil) and Jen (iPod)
Brian (Captian Jack)
Jim (as himself) and Amanda (Calmity Jane)
Ed (Johnny MacEnroe) and Brian (Conan)
Me (Spelling Bee)
Cinnamon (Sexy Angel)
Bill (Lt. Jim Dangle) and Colin (Evil Colin)
Girl as (dark angel), Ryan (plastic surgeon) and Brian's girl friend (bunny)

B & E

2006-01-06T15:06:00.000-05:00

This is Bruce turning into the HULK.
Actually, he is just on the other side of the screen being totally annoying and wanting to come outside.

These are my kittys B & E.....Bruce Banner is on the right and Emma (aka Big Mamma) is on the left. I never thought I would say this, but I miss my cats! Boo Hoo!

Ok, that was it on the cats, I promise never to mention them again. I was having a sappy moment. I don't dress them up in outfits or anything weird, but I probably will turn into one of those crazy cat ladies one day. I have a hard time not taking every cat I see home with me.

Duval Crawl (March 19, 2005)

2006-01-06T13:03:00.000-05:00

We are always all about FREE BEER!
2 days after St. Patrick's day and we are still celebrating it.
Photo 1.) Our Victory photo at the Tower Bar.
Colin, Jen, Shane, Shane, Me, Cinnamon, Ralph, Mom and Kelly.
Photo 2.) Our new pal Ralph and Cinnamon @ Crabby Bills. Cinny want a cracker?
Photo 3.) Jen, Colin and I. Sun glasses are key when you are on a drinking binge.

Got any Irish in ya? (March 17, 2005)

2006-01-06T11:52:00.000-05:00

Cinnamon having a terrible time :) Colin and I doing our version of the Janet Jackson cover

Colin & Jen Devil Juice! Why does Green Beer hate me so much? I probably wouldn't have had such a bad hang over if I would have actually drank Guiness. I will let everyone know my results after I test that theory next year.

St. Patrick's Day in Key West...Warm Weather + Green Beer + Hot Irish Boys = me going to KW every year for St. Pat's!

Happy 30th Birthday to me! (June 9, 2005)

2006-01-06T10:56:00.000-05:00

Here are some of the only shots not drank on my birthday weekend. These are from the Italian Fest. I love any Festival that I can carry a whole bottle of wine down the street and it doesn't have to be in a paper bag!
Photo 1.) Star enjoying a meatball and me wishing I had one
Photo 2.) Blurry pic of some of us on Day 2 of the Festival, hince the different clothes.
Photo 3.) Colin, the Hawk and I
Photo 4.) Starr and Jen after 3 bottles of wine

boblahbla'slawblog

2006-01-06T10:51:00.000-05:00

I wish I had something of importance to say!

We've got Bush!

2006-01-05T14:59:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I think I am finally up an running. Thanks to all of the little people who made this possibe(Cinnamon).

2005-08-26T19:19:00.000-05:00

I don't know how to use this "blogging" thing.
I had never even heard of the word "blog" until my friend Starr became a "blogger".
So don't expect anything "bloggilicious" from me anytime soon.
I am still not sure how I feel about my thougths being "blogged" for all of the world to read.
I will keep you posted on it though :)